Next Book Group meeting will be November 12th, 2024, at 4 pm in the library.
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Reading Selection for discussion
at the October Meeting: Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky 
Best-selling author Mark Kurlansky turns his attention to a common household item with a long and intriguing history: salt. The only rock we eat, salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of humankind. A substance so valuable it served as currency, salt has influenced the establishment of trade routes and cities, provoked and financed wars, secured empires, and inspired revolutions. Populated by colorful characters and filled with an unending series of fascinating details, Salt is a supremely entertaining, multi-layered masterpiece.
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Reading List:
November 2024 Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky *Audio CD December 2024 The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams *Libby, Audio CD January 2024 A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage *no Audio available to lend February 2025 A book by Paul Auster Moon Palace or Leviathan Alternates: Major Petttigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson Thunderstruck by Erick Larson Dead Man Walking by Sister Helen Prejean * Titles with audio versions and where to find them. If you would like an Audio CD version, please ask to order it ahead of time. Past Selections: Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Walking with the Great Apes Sy Montgomery All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss by Margaret Renkl The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz |